Rockwell to Keep Home Office in O.C.

Rockwell International Corp., which recently sold most of its California operations to Boeing Co., said that it will remain in Orange County. Rockwell said it will move its corporate offices and about 150 employees this summer to the 21-story Plaza Tower building near the Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. The company leased three floors of the smoked-glass and stainless steel building from the Segerstrom Co. in a 12-year lease that some industry insiders value at about $1.6 million. After the move, about 125 Rockwell corporate employees will remain at the former headquarters in Seal Beach, which the company sold to Boeing last month along with its defense and aerospace operations in a $3.2-billion deal.